Varsity Soccer 2015

Fall 2015

We were a little nervous at the beginning of the season. A good number of girls had graduated the previous year, and the coach predicted that this would be a "rebuilding season". Lex helped organize a lot of the team bonding nights and felt really connected to all the girls this year.

In the middle of the season, Lex popped her ankle at practice and sprained it. She had to sit out 3 games and she was antsy to get back in the game. Luckily, they still finished the season undefeated, with Lex scoring 2 goals. 

The team got to take a day off school to help at the Special Olympics. They had a good time with the kids.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The last home game is Senior Night. The whole family went to watch and we got to hold signs that the underclassmen made for our senior. The girls also got sashes and crowns to wear.

They got flowers and Nike gift cards from Coach Carter.

The Seniors - Kiana, Lex, Brynna, Kayla, Deanna, Victoria, Lauren, and Nicole

The Team

Taz came to most of Lex's home games to cheer her on.

Vic and Lex                                     Becze, Lex, and Mel

Carter and Lex

Jordan brought her flowers, too.

Playoffs

Monday, November 2, 2015

Silverado played Basic and beat them 2-0.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

After the expected win against Basic, the girls wanted to have a Pasta Night at our house.

All but 3 girls came, They ate and got themselves pumped up for Wednesday's game. We even got out my old yearbook and looked up Coach Carter.

 

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Wednesday was rainy, so the game against Foothill was rescheduled for Thursday. We had lost pretty badly against them in the preseason, so we assumed it would be our final game.  The girls played their best game ever and pulled off a 2-1 win.

Everyone was in shock and the girls were so happy, they started crying. They had gotten farther in the playoff than any other Silverado team had in about 10 years. Mel was crying so much, it was funny.

This picture was taken by the Review Journal and is my favorite. It shows the pure joy and relief the girls felt, winning that game.

The Team - Division Champs!

One fun part of this season, was that the triplets got to play together one last time. 

Lex and Becze were not official team captains, but they worked out the team bonding nights and kept the moral up.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

For the Regional Finals, Silverado faced off against Coronado and lost 4-1, which was better than their preseason score. Some of the girls were pretty upset, but Lex was just happy they had gotten as far as they had.

Monday, November 23, 2015

I made a big cake for the end of the season banquet. There was a potluck dinner and then the coaches presented awards to the girls.

Lex was awarded her Scholar Athlete patch for her outstanding grades this year. The night ended with a video Becze had made and Lex taking lots of pictures with the awesome girls she has gotten to play with,

Bear Scout

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Seth earned his Bear at Scouts and became a Webelos.

I got to paint his face.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Shortly after becoming a Webelos, Seth went on his his first scout hike.  He packed snacks, a first aid kit, and borrowed Dave's camel pack. He was definitely prepared.

He went on the Railroad Trail, near Lake Mead. The boys had a good time.

October

One night, Seth was painting his school project and he caught a fly with his fingers like Mr. Miyagi. He totally thinks he's a ninja now.

This is the project he did. He had to make a character from a book out of a pumpkin. He made Fudge from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. It had a turtle sticking out of his mouth.

Lex started working on college applications and received her first acceptance letter to Dixie State.

Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2015

The kids are finally old enough to do most of the pumpkin carving for themselves.  I especially enjoyed having them scrap out the pumpkin guts! I did bake the seeds for them.

While we no longer have a family theme, the kids still find someone to dress up with.

Seth wanted to be Leonardo diVinci, so he nominated me to be his Mona Lisa.

Cam was Harley Quinn and she dressed up with Heather S., who was the Joker.

Lex was Lava Girl and Taz was her Shark Boy.

Apparently, sharks roar.

The Jenkins Cousins and Taz

The Cousins joined us for our Trunk or Treat, Wally was definitely the cutest.

The Middle School Crowd

Kevin, Olivia, Heather, Chloe, Cam, Kimber, Kaitlyn, Tyler

Zack, and Clinton

Kyler, Seth, and Kade

Dave and Don manned the grill.

After the Trunk or Treat the kids went trick-or-treating around the Jex's neighborhood, then around ours.

Then I took the Shafers, Zach, and the Littles to the pirate house. The house is decorated so authentically, they should work for Disney.

Lex went to the annual Halloween party at the Eddington's, which is in the same neighborhood as the pirate house. We ran into them in line and went through the house with them.

Andrea, Lex, Kenzie

After the pirate house, I was done.